Depositional environment of the Vejle Fjord Formation of the upper oligocene-lower miocene of Denmark: A barrier island/barrier-protected depositional complex

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 221-244

  Friis, Henrik ^a   Mikkelsen, Jørgen ^a,b   Sandersen, Peter ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Skamol A/S   (Denmark)

^c HOH Water Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Back barrier deposits; Denmark; North Sea Basin; Oligocene Miocene; Vejle Fjord Formation

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TERTIARY;

DENMARK;

EID: 0031845897     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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